[NSRCA-discussion] Was "contest" Small Contest Idea

[Ron Van Putte]

When you get dealt lemons, you can make lemonade.  Good on you guys.

Ron Van Putte

On Jul 5, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Mark Atwood wrote:

>
> Reading this thread reminded me of a contest that Arch Stafford had  
> a few years back where we had a total of 9 or 10 people show up 3  
> of which were local sportsman pilots.  We had a full spread too,  
> with 1 or 2 in each class.   It didn’t make much sense to hold a  
> traditional contest but we were all there to have some pattern  
> “fun”. Soooooo...  We made it a 2 class contest.  The sportsman  
> pilots each flew 2 rounds at a time (One takeoff and landing), with  
> lots of feedback (the entire group judged each flight) and they had  
> a very competitive well judged event.
>
> The rest of us ALL flew the advanced pattern, with Handicaps.   FAI  
> got –1pt per maneuver,  Masters –1/2pt, Advanced flew it straight  
> up, and Intermediate pilots got +1pts.
>
> It was not only a lot of fun (Everyone but the advanced guys were  
> flying an unknown for the most part) but it also was a VERY tight  
> contest.  I don’t recall who won...didn’t really matter.
>
> No..it  didn’t follow the advertised sanctioned contest, but it was  
> great fun, competitive, a very good learning/practicing event, and  
> it made the best from the turnout we had.
>
> -Mark
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